Thoughts on the works of Ken Liu. Grace of kings, three body problem etc. It amazes me how someone can create such genius solutions to conflicts (Yeah i know he didn't create three body problem) and the science is so fascinating.

Clearly you know more about poetry than most of us; the first poem was cutesy and I loved the playing with the sounds of words. The ABAB structure helps, but I always found that sort of scheme to be distracting; abba or aabb sound much more organic to me. Usually, ABAB is something quite serious to me, as seen above in Housman's poem or with any of T.S. Eliots work. I could be talking out my ass here, but thats what my impression of it was.

second poem was even more lyrically whimsical than the first. I think it sacrificed story in order to play with words too much. As such, its describes the scenes well but I can't help but get confused by the cryptic nature of its message, if there even is one.

>>10397271>Clearly you know more about poetry than most of usYou have me all wrong Im just starting out, but thank you Im really glad you liked it. Both of the poems have meanings, but I see what you mean, they are obscured.>>10396270>>10396414I like the concept of this a lot, but the execution leaves something to be desired. Keep working on it anon, Id love to see where you take it.>>10396338>I don't wish to make a joke>saying so.Really awkward to read, the whole thing really, but those two lines stand out.>I am very weak.>I don't wish in saying so to make a joke,>But I have nothing to give.>I guard jealously>The fantasies alive in the past --

>fall in love with a intelligent literary girl at uni>we have a fling for a short while >she breaks things off >fucks the shit out of my friend who she met at a retreat and knew for 1 day>still in love with her, she ignores me like the groveling fool I am

I just found out about the supposed errors in the Penguin Deluxe Edition of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, with one of the most notable errors being part of a sentence being omitted. I had purchased this edition of Gravity's Rainbow a few weeks ago and it does not have this error, however, many of the other reviews that I've read state that there are numerous other errors and differences between the texts. If my copy doesn't have the error, does that mean that Penguin corrected it and that this one is right or should I get a different edition?

Is it an error that I saw typos, and a weird continuity error in Penguin's Dune? By continuity error, I mean that in chapter 2 Piter is described as short, and in chapter... whichever, Herbert didn't count them and neither am I, he joins every other character in being described simply as "tall". Even if this isn't an error on their part, I wouldn't mind them fixing it. Just to avoid distracting the reader.

>be me>girls think of me as a chad>too shy>write them letters, poems>they hardly write back>gift them flowers>they never mention it>take all the medication doctors prescribe you>you've had all there is>don't feel a thing>succumb to alcohol>succumb to all other drugs god forbade>understand what 'cocaine is a helluva drug' means>make barely enough money doing practically nothing>because you fell for the STEM meme

>>10396955I used to be a functioning alcoholic, but I switched to opiods. Other than that, get deep into church. With my peers who are like me the only ones who seem truly content are deep into their faith, and I envy them. Not because I'm an atheist, I'm not, but because I'm a goddamned hedonist.

So anons, When are we going to make a legitimate thread about finding out /lit/'s favourite 2017? I would be interested in undertaking such a project, but I would need the help of some anons to find a good system to acquire and compile data.

“Bureaucracies public and private appear--for whatever historical reasons--to be organized in such a way as to guarantee that a significant proportion of actors will not be able to perform their tasks as expected. It's in this sense that I've said one can fairly say that bureaucracies are utopian forms of organization. After all, is this not what we always say of utopians: that they have a naive faith in the perfectibility of human nature and refuse to deal with humans as they actually are? Which is, are we not also told, what leads them to set impossible standards and then blame the individuals for not living up to them?“More books like this please

>>10396323Yes.>>10396335You should watch the movie, it's one of Brazil' best next to Auto da Compadecida.>>10396506Yes. A common saying in christianity is 'the psalms sum up the Bible', so if you want to read them and a Gospel.

>>10391836A historical novel about a young 9th century Norse dude that goes on a trip to Constantinople with a merchant. When he gets there he meets general Basil, who he assists in killing emperor Michael III and taking the throne. Basically a travel story, a palace intrigue story mixed with some battles against the Abbasid caliphate.